App Description

Google Play

The Kindle app puts millions of books at your fingertips. It’s the app for every reader, whether you’re a book reader, magazine reader, or newspaper reader—and you don’t need to own a Kindle to use it. Choose from over four million Kindle books from the Kindle Store or enjoy popular magazines like The Economist and Reader’s Digest with high-resolution color images.*Read Free Books—Choose from thousands of free ebooks such as Pride & Prejudice or The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.Shop for Books—Easily shop for ebooks, including new releases and New York Times Best Sellers.Explore Page Flip enabled books to reference charts, graphs and maps while we save your placeUse the Built-In Dictionary, Google, and Wikipedia—The Kindle app has a built-in dictionary that allows you to look up words instantly while you’re reading your ebooks. Simply tap and hold a word to view its definition or use the Google and Wikipedia links to get more information.Sync Your eBooks—The Kindle app lets you read the same book across devices and automatically syncs where you left off so you can start reading on one device and pick up where you left off on another device. The app syncs your furthest page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights between Android, PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 8, and any of our Kindle devices using our Whispersync technology.Sample Books Before You Buy—Read the first chapter of a book for free before you decide to buy.Customize Your Reading—Choose your preferred font size, screen brightness, background color, and orientation (portrait or landscape) to read your books.Borrow eBooks from the Library—Check out ebooks from your local library and have them delivered wirelessly to your Kindle app.Read print replica textbooks on Android tablets. Print Replica Kindle books maintain the rich formatting and layout of their related print editions and provide features to help students study smarter including ability to highlight passages, add margin notes, and search for keywords. Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes your bookmarks, notes, and highlights across your devices.* Selection for U.S. users only; selection and price of ebooks and e-periodicals vary by country.

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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a Kindle with the free Kindle app, and carry all your eBooks with you, wherever you go.

eBooks (including those with narration) that you have purchased on Amazon will automatically appear in your app. Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime members can select and download eBooks directly in the app.

What you’ll get:• With your newsfeed you can discover what the readers you trust are reviewing and rating highly to find your next great read, and discuss the books, passages and ideas that inspire you while only being one tap away from diving back into your book.• Sample any eBook for free• Magazines, newspapers, graphic novels and textbooks with high-res color images• A customizable reading experience with your choice of font style, size and more• Comfortable reading day and night with adjustable screen brightness and page color• Discover and download Kindle Unlimited eBooks and magazines• Unique features like X-Ray, Whispersync, Page Flip, Print Replica, flashcards and more• Instant translations and definitions, without leaving the page• Ability to make and share in-page highlights• Bold font and text size options• Access to local library eBooks

8.16.0.57

8.15.0.68

8.14.1.0

January 4, 2019
In the coming weeks, you will see the following:* A redesigned Notebook that makes managing your notes and highlights easier.

8.14.1.5

January 16, 2019
In the coming weeks, you will see the following:* A redesigned Notebook that makes managing your notes and highlights easier.

8.14.1.0

January 4, 2019
In the coming weeks, you will see the following:* A redesigned Notebook that makes managing your notes and highlights easier.

8.13.1.65

November 30, 2018
In the coming weeks, you will see the following:* Download books to your SD card to save storage space on your device. Go to Settings to get started.

8.12.0.59

October 22, 2018
In the coming weeks, you will see the following:* Read with continuous scrolling by turning it on from the Aa menu in your book.* Read your favorite magazines in a new mobile-friendly format. Initial titles include Food Network, Cosmopolitan, Time, Popular Mechanics, and 200 others.

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6.16.1

March 15, 2019
In the coming weeks, you will see a Siri shortcut to open your most recently read book. Enable the custom voice command from your device’s Siri settings (iOS 12 only).

6.16

March 6, 2019
In the coming weeks, you will see a Siri shortcut to open your most recently read book. Enable the custom voice command from your device’s Siri settings (iOS 12 only).

6.15.1

March 4, 2019
Several experience improvements and bug fixes.

6.15

January 28, 2019
Several experience improvements and bug fixes.

6.14

January 2, 2019
In the coming weeks, you will see the following:* Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited Badges in your library to help you easily see which books you’ve borrowed.* A new feature that makes navigating Search and X-ray results easier.

6.10

August 20, 2018
You can now double tap to zoom in or pan across images while reading with continuous scrolling.

6.9.1

August 2, 2018
* Read using the new green theme inside your book, available in the Aa menu.* A re-designed X-Ray makes exploring the contents of your book easier.

6.9

July 23, 2018
* Read using the new green theme inside your book, available in the Aa menu.* A re-designed X-Ray makes exploring the contents of your book easier.

6.8

June 18, 2018
* Read with continuous scrolling by turning it on from the Aa menu in your book. This update also adds support for bookmarks while reading in continuous scrolling.* A re-designed Notebook makes managing your notes and highlights easier.

6.7

May 21, 2018
While reading with continuous scrolling, you can now select and highlight text. You can turn continuous scrolling on via Settings, then easily turn it on and off from the Aa menu in your book.

6.6

April 23, 2018
* Return Prime Reading and Kindle Unlimited books from within the Kindle app. Simply long press on a book cover and select “Return book”.* Read your favorite magazines in a new mobile-friendly format. Initial titles include Food Network, Cosmopolitan, Life & Style, Us Weekly, and 15 others.* A new setting lets you enable the highlight menu so it shows up when you select text.

6.5

March 19, 2018
* Split view on iPad is here! Resize the app to multi-task while reading without ever switching context.* Try scrolling through your book – just like a web page. Turn continuous scrolling on via Settings, then easily turn it on and off from the Aa menu in your book. Tell us what you think.* Pull down in the library to refresh your list of books.* We’ve added Kindle dictionaries for Arabic.

6.4.1

March 12, 2018
We fixed an issue with Speak Screen compatibility - now narration no longer skips paragraphs.

6.4

February 20, 2018
• Use the new Audible filter to quickly find audiobooks in your library. • (US only) Visit your Goodreads profile in “More” to easily rate books and help friends find books they’ll love. This feature is coming in the next few weeks.• Look up words using the free Kindle dictionaries for five new languages – Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Gujarati, and Malayalam.

6.3.1

February 12, 2018
Bug fixes and performance improvements

6.3

January 25, 2018
We’ve added support for the iPhone X, as well as several bug fixes and performance improvements.

6.2.1

January 12, 2018
Bug fixes and performance improvements

6.2

January 2, 2018
Bug fixes and performance improvements

6.1

November 30, 2017
Tap and hold on a word or phrase to search for it and see where else it occurs in the book.

Notification Center now includes the ability to delete messages. To use this feature, tap on the "bell" icon at the top of your home screen and swipe left to delete a single message or tap the "trash can" icon to delete all messages.